[Baby Blessing]

We have a dear friend that has Alzheimers, and it is so heart breaking, my prayers for you and your family. Your Dad needs all the support he can get, he has the most difficult task in life right now wanting to help your Mom and really not knowing how. It is so hard, my prayers for him especially in God providing him with the patience he needs to help get him through each day.

I have found through the years so many people get Parkinsons and Alzheimers mixed up, this I have learned to deal with.

For a person that has Parkinsons I can fully understand their frustrations with people that relate the disease to that of Alzheimers, Jack has learned to handle it in a fine manner. He calmly educates people these days in the differences between the two.
Parkinsons patients can eventually get Alzheimers. I emphasize can, it doesn't mean they will. Like all these diseases one never knows in life what one day to the next holds.

In my opinion Medical research needs to get in gear as so much more needs to be done in finding help and cures or better treatment for ALL PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS. Honestly, enough is not being done. When the politicians start having these devastating debilitaing diseases cropping up within their families, we then hear more on the subject. Yes, I firmly believe our government should be and could be doing more, keep our hard earned tax dollors within our country and work on the goals towards the health issues that so many face. We hear more and more people coming down with Parkinsons and Neurological diseases, WHY, WHY, WHY???????????? We truely need to find answers to this question.
These two diseases are neurological but very much different.

My prayers for those that posted in this thread regarding your loved one being dealt to deal with these horrible diseases, and also for yourself, God give us each the strength we need to get through what ever befalls us, HE WILL.

Hugs, Patti and Jack



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